Bug 9986 – Provide a possibility to block accounts and report spam in one step (was: Very offensive skype spam)

Bug 9986 - Provide a possibility to block accounts and report spam in one step (was: Very offensive skype spam)


Summary:	Provide a possibility to block accounts and report spam in one step (was: Ver...

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Product:	Chat & Call & SMS
Component:	Messaging
Version:	5.0/(3.2010.02-8)
Platform:	All Maemo

Importance:	Unspecified enhancement with 3 votes (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	rtcomm@maemo.org
QA Contact:	im-chat-bugs

URL:	https://developer.skype.com/jira/brow...
Keywords:	upstream

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Blocks:
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Reported:	2010-04-20 23:02 UTC by David Greaves
Modified:	2012-03-24 11:38 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description David Greaves (reporter) 2010-04-20 23:02:09 UTC

SOFTWARE VERSION:
(Settings > General > About product)

EXACT STEPS LEADING TO PROBLEM: 
(Explain in detail what you do (e.g. tap on OK) and what you see (e.g. message
Connection Failed appears))
1. Wait
2. Get messages at random times

EXPECTED OUTCOME:
No spam

ACTUAL OUTCOME:
Spam

REPRODUCIBILITY:
(always, less than 1/10, 5/10, 9/10)
2-3 times /month

OTHER COMMENTS:

sample content from "date_wives"
Find New FRIENDS and REAL SEX PARTNERS Online. Right Now.
link to http://www.datethewives.com/

Clearly this could be very offensive to some customers. There should be a
blocking/reporting mechanism.

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.8)
Gecko/20100308 Iceweasel/3.5.8 (like Firefox/3.5.8)

Comment 1 timeless 2010-04-20 23:06:45 UTC

http://forum.skype.com/topic/49841-skype-spam/

Comment 2 Andre Klapper maemo.org

2010-04-21 12:20:08 UTC

Sounds more like an upstream Skype issue that should be filed and discussed
there? https://developer.skype.com/jira/secure/BrowseProject.jspa ...

Comment 3 David Greaves (reporter) 2010-04-21 12:42:48 UTC

Well I'd agree if I'd downloaded Skype - but it's preinstalled by Nokia,
integrated into the normal phone app and doesn't have the privacy mechanisms
needed to block this spam.

Otherwise I'd be more than happy for Nokia to take it to their upstream :)

Comment 4 Uwe Kaminski 2010-04-21 12:54:37 UTC

(In reply to comment #3)
> Well I'd agree if I'd downloaded Skype - but it's preinstalled by Nokia,
> integrated into the normal phone app and doesn't have the privacy mechanisms
> needed to block this spam.

That's the point. This bug should ask for a spam blocking solution. I can't
imagine that there is more spam if a N900 is the client than on other Skype
versions. But there is a lack of blocking possibility.

"Upstream" there is already an request:
https://developer.skype.com/jira/browse/SCL-628

If you disagree with my changes to this bug please let me know. :)

Comment 5 Andre Klapper maemo.org

2012-03-24 11:38:45 UTC

The Maemo 5 User Interface and Maemo 5 platform components (e.g. libraries)
used for the N900 are considered stable by Nokia and it seems that there are no
plans for official updates currently, hence nobody plans to work on this
enhancement/wishlist request. 
(And in case you feel like discussing this situation: Nokia Customer Care or
http://talk.maemo.org would be the place to do so as you will not reach Nokia
officials in this community bugtracker - though all of this is really no news.)

Reflecting this status by setting RESOLVED WONTFIX for this
enhancement/wishlist request (see
https://bugs.maemo.org/page.cgi?id=fields.html#status for status explanations).

There is a small chance for issues in those Maemo components that are open
source: Contributed patches could be included and made available in the Maemo 5
Community CSSU updates. 
The Maemo CSSU project is run by a small team of volunteers; see
http://wiki.maemo.org/CSSU for more information.
So in case that you can provide a patch that fixes the reported problem, please
feel encouraged to file a request under
https://bugs.maemo.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Maemo%205%20Community%20SSU .
Please note: The Maemo CSSU project is not related in any way to Nokia.


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